adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs.li/
General-American:/ˌɪɡ.nəˈmɪ.ni.əs.li/
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adv
Meaning 1
In a manner which is ignominious (“especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable; (generally) causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; also (loosely), humiliating, shameful”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
Etymology tree English ignominious Middle English -ly English -ly English ignominiously From ignominious + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from nouns). Ignominious is derived from Late Middle English ignominious (“disgraceful, shameful”), from Middle French ignominieux (modern French ignominieux), or from its etymon Latin ignōminiōsus (“disgraced; disgraceful, shameful, ignominious”), from ignōminia (“disgrace, dishonour, shame, ignominy”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Ignōminia is derived from ig- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning not)) + nōmen (“name; good name, reputation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ (“name”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
شَائِن m or شَائِنَة
(šāʔin)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Arabic:
مُذِلّ m or مُذِلَّة
(muḏill)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Arabic:
مُخْزٍ
(muḵzin)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Armenian:
խայտառակաբար
(xaytaṙakabar)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Old Armenian:
խայտառակ
(xaytaṙak)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Old Armenian:
խայտառակաբար
(xaytaṙakabar)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Finnish:
häpeällisesti
— in a manner which is ignominious
French:
ignominieusement
— in a manner which is ignominious
Georgian:
მდაბლად
(mdablad)
— in a manner which is ignominious
German:
schmachvoll
— in a manner which is ignominious
Greek:
ατιμωτικά
(atimotiká)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Italian:
ignominiosamente
— in a manner which is ignominious
Latin:
foedē
— in a manner which is ignominious
Macedonian:
неславно
(neslavno)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Polish:
haniebnie
— in a manner which is ignominious
Polish:
niegodziwie
— in a manner which is ignominious
Polish:
podle
— in a manner which is ignominious
Polish:
sromotnie
— in a manner which is ignominious
Russian:
посты́дно
(postýdno)
— in a manner which is ignominious
Spanish:
ignominiosamente
— in a manner which is ignominious
Swedish:
snöpligt
— in a manner which is ignominious